&8 they appeared above the ground. As taany as fifteem or twenty doves 
were seen at one time in this field. Hr. Bunter shot two and examined 
their orops. One had eaten a large quantity of the soy bean cotyledons. 
The other had tahen the soy bean cotyledons, a few grains of com and 
many weed seeds, 'fhis first planting was almost entirely destroyed and 
about the twentieth of Hay the field was replanted. As soon as this 
second crop gonoinated the doves csine in again but by heeping children 
at the field it was found possible to drive theSi out. Mr. Hunter stated f^tX 
on Sunday, May 27, be had spent the entire day in guarding this field. 
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At this time ho oado complaint to the Department. 
On my arrival on June 6, I found that this first field had grown 
to such an extent that no further damage was threatened. £zauinatioa 
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of plants in a series of rows across the field showed a small number 
from whioh the cotyledons were missing. A second field, a little more 
than an acre in extent, had been planted above here and in this about 
16 per cent of the plants wore just sprouting. The others were large 
enough to be safe from the attacks of doves. Examination of this field 
showed about one pjant in 300 or 400 that had. lost its ootylodoos# 
Oareful watch was kept upon this field and the adjoining one daring the 
time of ny ati^r but no forthor damage waa observed and cpparently doves 
had ceased to work in these fields. Only occasionally were doves seen 
to alight here and the birds were feeding now on other things. 
